Publications

Books

The Y2K Survival Guide: Getting To, Getting Through, and Getting Past the Year 2000 Problem, Prentice Hall PTR (Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1999).
The Art of ‘Ware, M&T Books (New York, 1995) [updated edition in development]
Pitfalls of Object Oriented Development, M&T Books (New York, 1995) [greatly expanded and revised edition in development]
Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary (contributor), Microsoft Press (Redmond, WA, 1991).
How Things Work: Computers (contributor), Time-Life Books (Richmond, VA, 1990).
The NeXT Book, Addison-Wesley (Reading, MA, 1989).

Columnist (”Surviving Complexity”), Baseline (online version), 2008 - present.
“The Longest Yard: Reorganizing IT for Success” (with Ruby Raley), Cutter IT Journal (September 2006).
“IT Ubiquity “, ABA Computer & Internet Litigation Journal (February 2001).
“IT Systems Failure Litigation: 1976 - 2000 — Patterns Observed and Lessons Learned” (with Michael J. Gill of Mayer, Brown & Platt), Mealey’s Cyber-Tech Litigation Report (October 2000).
“Patterns in IT Litigation: Systems Failure (1976-2000)” , published white paper, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Washington DC, July 2000).
“Microsoft Windows Forever and Ever?”, Windows Magazine (September 1996).
“The Real Software Crisis”, BYTE Magazine (January 1996).
“The Top Ten Pitfalls of Object-Oriented Development”, InfoWorld (October, 1995).
“Whither NextStep?”, BYTE Magazine (November 1994).
Contributing Editor and columnist (”State of the Mac”), Macworld Magazine, 1987-91.
Consulting Editor and columnist (”According to Webster”), BYTE Magazine, 1984-87.
Columnist (”Pascal from BEGIN to END”), Softalk for the IBM PC, 1982-1984.
Columnist (”Silicon Cerebrum”), Computer Gaming World, 1981-1983.
Columnist (”deus ex machina”), The Space Gamer, 1980-1982.
“Some Thoughts on Higher Dimenional Realms” (with Dr. Robert P. Burton, BYU Computer Sciences Department), BYU Studies, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Spring 1980), p. 281 ff.